Germany, Ss. A Miniature Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years Auction date marked "z" (1999) and

date marked "z" (1999) and engraved "538133 SGT

on a white paper stock

marked on reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “78” for maker Stefan Merkl

the latter included and consisting of a strip of pressed blackened leather stitched into a loop for belt suspension

Germany, Ss. A Miniature Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years Auction date marked "z" (1999) and(SS Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Die struck in bronze, the obverse bearing a raised swastika with ribbed arms, overlaid by central double Sig runes, set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a raised number 8, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked however likely of Deschler manufacture, measuring 15 mm in